Proceeding contribution from Bernard Jenkin (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 February 2008. It occurred during Debate on treaty on Treaty of Lisbon (No. 5).

Treaty of Lisbon (No. 5)

I am grateful to the Foreign Secretary for giving way to me again, but on that basis, on whose authority did Javier Solana, the high representative of the European Union, visit Kosovo yesterday and announce that it is a good friend of the EU? Of course that does not constitute legal recognition of the independent status of Kosovo, but it is tantamount to it, and demonstrates the dynamic that the high representative gives the foreign policy under which, as he said, 15 states have recognised Kosovo. Is the Foreign Secretary in favour of qualified majority voting on that basis?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 472 c372
Session: 2007-08
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Armed forces European Union EU common foreign and security policy Treaties NATO Kosovo EU defence policy Treaty of Lisbon
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Treaty of Lisbon (No. 5)

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